My husband spread fertilizer without my knowledge and I let our 12 week old chicks forage in the grass for about 30 minutes. It was Scott’s Triple Turf Builder with weed killer in it. I’m so sad and upset, we love these little chickies! One is particularly small (buff Brahma bantam) and I’m...
History: About a month ago my pair of chicks (1 pullet and 1 cockerel) started dropping feces with lots of what appeared to be shed lining. They were just under two months old at the time and living in my house. It varied from cherry to orange colored stringy stuff some had drops of blood. I...
Hello Fellow Chicken enthusiasts 🐣🐔. I’m a new chicken Momma. I have 2 white Leghorns who are about 12 weeks old. I hatched off some Rhode Island Red and Bantam mix Who are 4 weeks old. My little babies want me to hold them all the time. It was difficult to get them to sleep in their Brooder at...
hi! i’m new to the chicken farming community and decided to join backyard chickens as i have found most of my helpful chicken info here! i have a barnyard mix of 18 chickens that i am overly in love with! excited for the girls to start laying and finally officially figure out who’s a hen and how...
Wondering how I can tell what my turkey chicks are? One is slightly bigger and has a slightly bigger snood than the other but they are close in size. Feet are similar in size, I have heard one try to gobble but they were in the coop and didn’t see it. So at least one is male. Hoping the...
A couple of days ago I posted pics of 6 chicks asking or help in sexting them. The pics weren't very good, so I started over and got better pictures of the 6. They are 11 & 12 weeks old. There were 2 Lavender Americaunas which were the younger, and 4 Lavender Orpingtons. They were all...